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APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 7, 1909.

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CHEESE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 7, 1909.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

Serial No. 471,053.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORANGE O. OzIAs, of Dayton, county of Montgomery,and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Cheese-Cutter;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the acompanying drawings, inwhich like numerals refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide means for holding the cheeseon a cheese cutter from movement when desired and of such character asto render the cheese cutter thoroughly sanitary, V

Heretofore it has been quite common for the cheese supporting table tobe formed of wood and to contain embedded therein radially disposedupwardly extending metal plates or lugs that projected into the cheese,for the purpose of holding the cheese on the table while the same wasbeing sliced, and preventing the movement of the cheese on the table.There has been usually five or more of these cheese holding plates, andthe result has been that said plates or lugs injured five or'more slicesor portions of each cheese placed upon the table of the cheese cutter,so that said five or more slices or portions cannot be sold and becomewaste, and said plates or lugs caused a blackening, soiling and apartial decay of said slices or portions.

The object of my invention is to avoid the loss above set forth and toenable the cheese to be held from rotary movement without anythingpenetrating the same, and also to enable a vglass, marble, or other,sanitary table to be used on cheese cutter.

The chief feature of my invention consists in a plate adapted to pressagainst the external surface of the cheese and prevent its movementwithout penetrating or injuring the cheese.

The full nature of this invention will be understood from theaccompanying drawings, and the following description and claims:

In the drawings Figure 1- is'a perspective view of a cheese cutterprovided with said improvement and showing a cheese thereon partiallycut away and with a knife in process of cutting another slice orportion. Fig. 2 is simply a vertical'section from the cheese board ortable. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the cheese cutter with the knife downand a portion cut. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the cheese cutter, theknife frame being shown partly broken away and partly in section.

It is immaterial as to the particular style, type or sort of cheesecutter with which my invention may be. combined or associated. I hereinshow a cheese cutter of usual type having a base 10 with standards 11 onwhich knife frame 12 of the knife 18 is mounted. 14 is the hand leverfor actuating the cheese supporting table 15 on which a cheese 16 isplaced. The table 15 is preferably made of glass, marble or othersanitary material that is easily kept clean, and it is provided with nomeans for penetrating the cheese, but has a smooth upper surface .uponwhich the cheese merely rests.

The cheese is heldin lace while being sliced by the cheese holdlng plate20 that is mounted on the end of the spring arm 21, which projectshorizontally and centrally under the knife frame from the standard 22 onthe rear part of the base. Said standard 22 is vertically recessed toreceive the downwardly extending shank at the end of the rear arm 21.The plate 20 is mounted in connection with the arm 21 by a screw bolt 23that screws through the arm 21 and is secured to the lower arm of theplate 20 and has a knurled head for its manipulation. There is also aguide pin 24: extending upwardly from the plate 20 and loosely through ahole 25 in the arm 21. The plate 20,is preferably flat and horizontal soas to rest upon the upper surface of the cheese holding plate and armand is depressed by a vertical cam 30 mounted on a horizontal bolt 31and between two parallel rearwardly extending arms 32 of a bracket orframe 33 which is secured by a bolt 24 upon the knife frame. The bolt 31has a wing nut 35 to clamp the cam between the arm 32 and the bracket33. The cam has a handle-like projection 36 whereby the cam can beturned for adjustment. During such adjustment the wing nut is loosened.

The cam has a rearsurface 37 that is vertical when the knife frame isdown and substantially horizontal when the knife frame is up. The camsurface leads from said rear surface at first abruptly, and thenincreases very slightly so that when the knife frame is thrown to itsupward position, the cam will entirely disengage the arm 21. Soon afterthe knife is started to its downward movement, the abrupt beginning ofthe cam surface engages the arm 21 and rather suddenly depresses theplate 20 upon the cheese. Then as the knife is further depressed forcutting the slice, the'cam very gradually increases its depressingaction on the arm 21 and the plate 20. The result is that while theknife is cutting the cheese and being elevated, the cheese will be heldsecurely on the table, but when the knife is in its elevated positionthe plate 20 will be lifted up away from the cheese by a spring arm 21and permit the slight rotary movement of the cheese on the table inposition for cutting the next portion. Therefore the plate is mounted onthe spring arm in position to be immediately over the cheese, andpreferably so that said spring arm and plate'willbe engaged anddepressed by the knife frame and means connected therewith, as the knifeis depressed for cutting a slice or portion. lVith this arrangement thecheese will-be held tightly in place after the downward movement of theknife has commenced and while the slice or portion is being severed. Butwhen the knife is elevated the cheese holding plate will be released topermit the cheese to be rotated, for anotherslice or portion to be cut.Along with the foregoing is means for mounting said cheese holding plateand the arm so that it will be readily adjusted to accommodate itreadily, to cheese varying in thickness.

\Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Thecombination of a frame of a cheese cutter, a rotary cheese tablemounted thereon, a flat surfaced plate substantially quadrantshapedadapted to engage the top surface of the cheese at one side of thecenter thereof, and means for disengaging the plate from the cheese ifdesired.

v2. The combination with a frame of a cheese cutter, a movable cheesetable mounted thereon, and movable cutting means mounted in connectionwith said frame, of means for holding'the'cheese from movement which iscontrolled by said cutting means.

3. The combination with the frame of a cheese cutter, a movable cheesetable mounted thereon, and a knife frame mounted in con nection with theframe of the cheese cutter, of means for engaging the cheese and holdingit from movement and which is actu ated and held in position by saidknife frame.

4. The combination with the frame of a cheese cutter, a movable cheesetablemounted thereon, and a knife frame mounted in connection with theframe of the cheese cutter, of a cheese holding plate adapted to engagethe upper surface of a cheese, and'a spring arm on which said plate ismounted,

which spring arm 'is located so as to be engaged by the knife frame anddepressed as the knife frame is moved downwardly for cutting the cheese,whereby said plate will hold the cheese while a slice is being severed,

but will disengage the cheese when the knife frame is elevated to permitfurther movement of the cheese.

5. The combination with the frame of a cheese cutter, a movable cheesetable mounted thereon, and a knife frame mounted in connection with theframe of the cheese cutter, of a plateadapted to hold the upper surfaceof the cheese, a horizontally disposed spring arm on one end of whichsaid plate is mounted, said springarm being arranged to normally holdsaid plate in an elevated disengaging position, and means in connectionwith the knife frame adapted to gradually engage and depress said arm asthe knife frame is moved downwardly, and which disengages said arm whenthe knife frame is in its upward position.

6. The combination with theframe of a cheese cutter, and movable cheesetable mounted thereon, and a knife frame mounted in connection with theframe of the cheese cutter, and a plate adapted to hold the uppersurface of the cheese, a horizontally disposed spring arm on one end ofwhich said plate is mounted, said spring arm being arranged to normallyhold said plate in an elevated, disengaging-position, and a cam mountedin connection with said knife frame for gradually engaging anddepressing said arm.

I 7 The combination with theframe of the cheese cutter, and a movablecheese table mounted thereon, and-a knife frame mounted in connectionwith the frame of the cheese cutter,'of a plate adapted to engage theupper surface of the cheese, a horizontally disposed spring arm on oneend of which said plate is mounted, said spring arm being arranged tonormally hold said plate in an elevated, disengaging position, i

a bracket secured to saidkni-fe frame with a pair of arms extendingrearwardly there from, a cam between said arms and means for clampingsaid cam between said arms whereby said cam will engage said cheeseholdingarm when the knife frame ismoved downwardly.

-8. The combination with the frame of a cheese cutter, and a movablecheese table mounted thereon, and a knife frame mounted in connectionwith the frame of the cheese cutter, of a plate adapted to hold theupper surface of the cheese and horizontally disposed spring arm on oneend of which said plate is mounted, said spring arm being arrangedtonormally hold said plate in an elevated disengaging position, a bracketsecured to said knife frame with a pair of rearwardl-y extending armsand clamping bolt extending through said arms, a cam between said armson said bolt so it can be clamped in position so as to engage saidcheese holding arm, and a projection from 1 arm and secured to saidplate, and a pin on said cam for turning it for adjustment. said plateprojecting through a hole in said 9. The combination With the frame of aarm. cheese cutter, a rotary cheese table thereon, In Witness whereof, Ihave hereunto af- 5 and a knife frame mounted in connection fixed mysignature in the presence of the 15 with the frame of the cheese cutter,of a Witnesses herein named.

cheese holding plate and spring arm mount- ORANGE O; OZIAS ed inconnection With the frame of a cheese \Vitnesses: cutter and in positionto be actuated by the H. M. WALSH,

10 knife frame, and bolt screwing through said GEO. W. KEPLER.

